Disclosure: I received a gift card for this post and am a #JuicyJuiceCrew member. All opinions are my own.

Whether apple picking with the family or purchasing a bag of them at the grocery store, apples are plentiful and in season. In fact, October is National Apple Month.

A great way to use up all those apples is to make recipes that include them. Apples add sweetness to recipes and are a healthy ingredient. A medium-sized apple contains only 100 calories. Apples contain no fat, sodium, or cholesterol. But an apple does contain 4 grams of dietary fiber, and eating the skin will provide vitamins B and C.

Over the weekend we baked Apple Cranberry Granola Bread for a fun activity to celebrate the fall. The recipe is simple with many of the ingredients likely already in your pantry.

The recipe also used both Juicy Juice apple juice and a real apple for added flavor and moisture.

We mixed the dry ingredients.

My girls love to bake so they wanted to help. The next step was to add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.

We finished off by using the electric mixer to ensure the batter was smooth.

We then poured the batter into the loaf pan. My daughter sniffed the batter and exclaimed, “Smells so yummy!”

I’m a #JuicyJuiceCrew member, so I always keep Juicy Juice stocked for my kids’ lunchboxes and in our refrigerator. As such, I already had apple juice handy for this recipe. My daughters drank some of the apple juice – I had to make sure to save some for the recipe! I love that Juicy Juice products are good for my kids. They’re made from 100% juice, so there’s no artificial sweeteners and other fillers which means none of that bad stuff was in our bread.

The Apple Cranberry Granola Bread recipe offers a lot of versatility. It’s simple to add in chocolate chips, raisins, or anything else your family may love. The recipe turned out really well. The bread tasted delicious and was super moist. We loved the chunks of apple in the bread. It was such a fun way to celebrate National Apple Month and the fall!

Yield: 1 Loaf

Apple Cranberry Granola Bread

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Ingredients

Nonstick baking spray
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
⅔ cup granulated sugar
⅓ cup light brown sugar
2 large eggs
½ cup Apple Juicy Juice 100% Juice
1 Granny Smith apple, chopped
¾ cup cranberry granola, divided

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 8 x 5-inch loaf pan with baking spray. In medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger until well combined.
With electric mixer, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat until well combined. Add half the juice and half the flour mixture into the sugar and butter mixture and stir. When mixed, stir in the rest of the juice and flour mixture. Beat until just combined.
Fold in apple and ½ cup granola. Transfer mixture to prepared pan; sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup granola. Transfer to oven and bake 50 to 55 minutes. If unsure when done, insert a toothpick in center of loaf. If it comes out clean, the loaf is ready. Transfer pan to cooling rack and let stand 10 minutes before removing loaf from the pan and putting the loaf on the rack.

Looking for more apple recipes? Try these recipes from Juicy Juice:
Juicy Juice Apple Cider
Apple Crumble Fruit Bars
Baked Apples